Shoe stitch remover



June 7, 1949.

A. BARBAGALLO SHOE STITCH REMOVER Filed July 18, 1947 INVENTOR.

ayallo HIT/"6 arb n'l'l'orney Patented June 7, 1949 "2,472,643 SHOE srrron REMDVER Alfred Barhagallm'West Palm Beach, Fla, assignor of one-half to Andrew 'James 'Longo, -Palm Beach,'-Fla.

"Applic ion J y 1.8, 7, Serial No- 161;75'6

5 Claims. 1 IDhisinvention relates todevices to be .usedb'y :shoemaker in connection with the reso' ing of shoes.

In the art of shoemaking when a pair of shoes is to be .resoled the old worn sole isremoved so that the welt isleft upon the upper for the attachment theretoby-sewing, of the newshoe s ile- It is customary in removin the 01d sole to run aEknii-e blade between the worn soleand the welt .to cut away the stitching. .Asa result ofthis the weltis left with part of the original stitching in it and when the new sole is applied andis sewn in place these pieces :of the original stitching'if not removed, give an unsightly or messy appearance to the resoling job 'but since it is rather a tedious operation to remove the particles of the "old stitching the majority *Of "s'hoemakers will 'not do this unless the customer pays extra for the work.

It is an object of the present invention to provide an implement of simple design and of a character to be economically "manufactured, which may be employed for easily and quickly removing from the shoe welt the remaining portion of the old stitching after the worn sole has been cut away.

Another object of the invention is to provide an implement of the character stated which, in addition to being provided with means for removing the old remaining stitch pieces or sections, is adapted to roughen or abrade the under surface of the welt so that when the new sole is placed in position the cement which is ordinarily used to obtain a firm bond between the new sole and the old portion of the shoe, can be made to adhere strongly to the welt.

Another object of the invention is to provide an implement of the character stated which comprises a pair of spaced parallel blades mounted upon a handle, one of the blades having a pair of short inwardly directed scraper blades while the other one of the two spaced blades has it inner face roughened or toothed to provide a rasp, the space between the two blades being such as to snugly receive the edge of the welt of the shoe.

The invention will be best understood from a consideration of the following detailed description taken in connection with the accompanying drawings forming a part of the specification, with the understanding, however, that the invention i not to be understood as limited to the exact details of "construction shown antiuescribedsince obvious modifications *will occur to a per on sls'i edm theart.

'Inthejd awin Figure '1 is a view findront 'en'd elevation of an implement constructed in accordance with the .,presen't invention.

Figure 2 'ijs-a'viewinside elevation o'i th'e'same.

Figure Bis a viewintotp'plan oftheimplemezit.

Figure 4 is a section'arview'takensubstantially on the line Ill-'4 of Figure 2 looking down upon thera'sp. v

iliigure 5 is "a View in perspective showing the manner in which "the implem'entis used.

Referring now more particularly tothe drawm vm n eral Ill generally designates the handle of thepresent "implement; th'eforw'ard "end of'which i provided with'the usualfierrule H tostren'gthen the s'ami fAt'lthe forward endof th handle is fixed the head "[2 which 'c'omp'risestwo relatively Wi e flat jaw plates It and M joined together by "a relatively narrow intermediate portion l5 which positions against the end of the handle and is apertured to receive a securing screw or pin [6 which is fastened into the end of the handle whereby the head extends forwardly therefrom. It will thus be seen that the head when viewed in side elevation as shown in Figure 2, is substantially U-shaped in form and the jaw plates are connected only at the inner sides by the narrow yoke portion l5 which is formed integrally with the jaw plates.

The upper jaw plate l3 carries the two inwardly directed relatively long scraping blades ll. These blades which are directed toward the opposite plate M are relatively narrow, the space between the edges a of the blades and the opposite jaw plate l4 being approximately equal to the thickness of the Welt of a shoe.

The inner face of the lower jaw plate I4 is formed to provide a rasp I8. This rasp extends from one side of the plate M to the other and is of substantial width so that in the use of the device it will scrape and roughen the underface of the shoe welt so as to prepare it for the reception of the cement which is employed for securing the new sole to the shoe.

While the scraping blade I! may be formed in any suitable manner, a convenient method is by punching in a portion of the plate l3 as shown in Figure 3, employing the inturned or inpunched part of the plate as the scraping blades. These blades may be suitably sharpened, if desired, to perform the desired function.

Figure 5 illustrates the application of the present invention. In this figure there is shown a shoe I9, the welt of which is designated 20. As shown in the use of the implement the wide forward edges of the plates l3 and M of the implement head are moved toward the welt so that the latter is received between the roughened r rasp surface I8 of the bottom plate and the scraping blades I! which are carried by and extend inwardly from the top plate. The blades I! are of a length to substantially equal the width of the welt and when the welt is disposed between the plates l3 and I4 the blades I! will be in more or less firm contact with the top of the welt and when the implement is then moved back and forth as indicated by the arrows in Figure 5 the blades I! will dig or pull out the loops or pieces of the old stitching by which the worn sole was secured to the welt. At the same time this operation is being performed the rasp [8 will be contacting the under surface of the welt and roughening the same in the manner required for obtaining the desired perfect bonding by means of cement, between the underside of the welt and the applied new sole. Thus it will be seen that after using the implement of the present invention when the new sole is sewn in place only the new stitching will be seen and no remnants of the old stitching will remain t produce an unsightly piece of work.

I claim:

1. An implement for removing old stitching particles from the welt of a shoe, comprising a handle, a plate attached to the handle, a blade carried by the plate and extending therefrom in a plane perpendicular to a face thereof, said blade being of a length to extend the width of the shoe welt to effect the removal of the old stitching particles when moved lengthwise of and in contact with the top surface of the welt, and a second plate attached to the handle and having spaced parallel relation with the face of the first plate from which the blade projects, said plates being spaced apart to snugly receive the shoe welt between the edge of the blade and the inner face of the second plate,

2. An implement of the character as stated in claim 1 in which the inner face of the second plate is formed so as to provide a rasp for roughening the under face of the welt as the plates are moved lengthwise of the welt with the welt disposed between the plates.

3. An implement of the character stated comprising a relatively long handle member, a pair of relatively wide plate members secured in spaced parallel relation to an end of the handle, a pair of relatively narrow blades carried by one of the plates and extending inwardly therefrom toward the other plate, said blades having their inner edges spaced from the said other plate a distance to receive the welt of a shoe between their inner edges and said other plate.

4. An implement of the character stated in claim 3 wherein the inner face of the said other plate is formed to provide a rasp.

5. An implement of the character stated in claim 3 wherein said blades are of a length substantially equal to the width of the welt across which they extend in the operation of using the implement.

ALFRED BARBAGALLO.

REFERENCES CITED UNITED STATES PATENTS Name Date Bonelli Apr. 10, 1923 Number 

